# Gopichak Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gopichak

Gopichak is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **129 people in 30 households**, the 130th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 129people (2011)
- 30households
- 87.6%literacy
- 767females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopichak

Of every 100 households in Gopichak in 2011, 87 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopichak · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****60%**

**46%

Television ****3%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****0%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gopichak?

■ Gopichak · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.6%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****767**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**932

Working population ****29.5%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 81.1% for women. 48% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (47%) · **■** Other work 1 (3%) · **■** Marginal 7 (18%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - I

- Chak Majait236 people
- Bankibheri217 people
- Chak Reja213 people
- Raghurampur192 people
- Sarbhum120 people
- Sahapur93 people
- Naipukhuria92 people
- Chak Sadarja44 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopichak?129 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopichak in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopichak?87.6% (Census 2011)